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The College of Saint Rose Overview

The College of Saint Rose is a private not-for-profit institution located in Albany, New York. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is The College of Saint Rose Known For?

492 Undergraduate Awards
$34,334 Avg Cost After Aid
82% Acceptance Rate
  • The highest award offered at Saint Rose is the post-master's certificate.
  • For the 2019-2020 academic year, 53% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, Saint Rose bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $50,491 a year. That's about 24% more than their peers at other schools.

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The College of Saint Rose Rankings

According to our 2023 analysis, Saint Rose is ranked #279 out of 2,018 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. Saint Rose also holds the #18 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Saint Rose has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#40 Best Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Saint Rose.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Most Popular Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#11 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#14 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#18 Most Popular Communication Sciences Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#19 Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#37 Most Popular Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#58 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#68 Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#137 Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Saint Rose has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#14 Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Graduate Degree Schools College Factual
#15 Best Educational Administration Graduate Degree Schools College Factual
#29 Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Educational Administration College Factual
#38 Best Education Graduate Degree Schools College Factual
#49 Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Education College Factual
#66 Best Schools Grad Degree

Where Is The College of Saint Rose?

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Contact details for Saint Rose are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 432 Western Ave, Albany, NY 12203-1490
Phone: 518-454-5111
Website: www.strose.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCollegeofSaintRose
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CollegeofStRose

How Do I Get Into Saint Rose?

You can apply to Saint Rose online at: www.strose.edu/admissions/first-year-students/apply/

Admission Requirements for Saint Rose

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank recommended
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program required
Recommendations recommended
SAT or ACT Scores neither required nor recommended
TOEFL recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Saint Rose?

82% Acceptance Rate
71% Of Accepted Are Women
Saint Rose has an acceptance rate of 82%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 29% of accepted students are men and 71% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 84%.

Can I Afford The College of Saint Rose?

$34,334 Net Price
79% Take Out Loans
5.2% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Saint Rose is $34,334. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Saint Rose, approximately 79% of students took out student loans averaging $8,186 a year. That adds up to $32,744 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Saint Rose is 5.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

The College of Saint Rose Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,183 Full-Time Undergraduates
67% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,249 undergraduate students at Saint Rose, with 2,183 being full-time and 66 being part-time.

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There are also 1,614 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,183 full-time undergraduates at Saint Rose, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of The College of Saint Rose students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 67
Black or African American 356
Hispanic or Latino 132
White 1,171
International Students 63
Other Races/Ethnicities 394

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at The College of Saint Rose. At this time, 26 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 44 countries are represented at Saint Rose. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Saudi Arabia, and Canada.

Online Learning at The College of Saint Rose

489 Took All Classes Online
2,786 Took At Least One Class Online
471.7% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 2,786 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Saint Rose has changed over the last few years.

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Online Growth Rankings of Saint Rose

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at The College of Saint Rose was 471.7%. This is the #163 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Saint Rose regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

The College of Saint Rose Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s TOTAL
Educational Administration 0 0 973 104 1,077
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 64 0 24 88
Communication Sciences 0 26 0 60 86
Business Administration & Management 0 33 3 38 74
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 19 20 27 66
Social Work 0 27 0 29 56
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 35 0 18 53
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 44 0 0 44
Special Education 0 13 0 25 38
General Psychology 0 37 0 0 37
Music 0 31 0 0 31
Communication & Media Studies 0 27 0 0 27
Student Counseling 0 0 14 12 26
Marketing 0 20 0 0 20
Computer Information Systems 0 3 0 16 19
Computer Science 0 8 0 10 18
Accounting 0 9 0 7 16
General Biology 0 14 0 0 14
General English Literature 0 14 0 0 14
Finance & Financial Management 0 8 4 0 12
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 0 2 9 11
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 0 11 11
Public Health 0 11 0 0 11
Design & Applied Arts 0 10 0 0 10
Fine & Studio Arts 0 9 0 0 9
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 1 5 6
Political Science & Government 0 6 0 0 6
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 5 0 0 0 5
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 5 0 0 5
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 3 0 0 3
History 0 3 0 0 3
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 2 0 0 2
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 2 0 0 2
Mathematics 0 2 0 0 2
Business/Managerial Economics 0 1 0 0 1
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 0 1 0 0 1
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 0 0 0 0
Human Resource Management 0 0 0 0 0
Computer Software & Applications 0 0 0 0 0
Instructional Media Design 0 0 0 0 0
Multilingual Education 0 0 0 0 0
Writing Studies 0 0 0 0 0
Romance Languages 0 0 0 0 0
Religious Studies 0 0 0 0 0
Chemistry 0 0 0 0 0
Economics 0 0 0 0 0
Sociology 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 5 487 1,017 395 1,904

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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